Package handle



April 27, 1943. W, 1 KlTcHEN 2,317,535

PACKAGE HANDLE Filed Jan. 25, 1941 Y INVENTOR. h//LL/A/v/ J. /l//rcHfM www1/QM Patented Apr. 27, 1943 UNITED STTES FFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to package handles.

' An object of this invention is to provide a package handle in which the hooks may be swung into the handle, so that the handle may be placed into a tubular container, and hence easily carried in the pocket.

A further object of this invention is to provide a package handle comprising a tubular rod with handles hinged thereto and swingable into the bar, and a sleeve on the bar adapted to retain the hooks either within the tubular bar or at right angles thereto, and positioned for use.

In another form of the invention, the tubular handle has members attached to the ends thereof by a bayonet connection with hooks hinged to said members, the hooks being swingable into the tubular handle.

Yet another object of this invention is to provide a compact, rugged and durable handle of the character described, which shall be relatively inexpensive to manufacture, easy to manipulate, and yet practical and eicient to a high degree in use.

Other objects of this invention will in part be obvious and in part hereinafter pointed out,

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements, and arrangement of parts which will be exemplined in the construction hereinafter described, and of which the scope of application will be indicated in the following claim.

In the accompanying drawing, in which is shown various possible illustrative embodiments of this invention,

Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of a package handle embodying the invention, with parts broken away and in cross-section, and with the hooks nested into the handle;

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1, but with the hooks swung downwardly into position for use;

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the package handle shown in Fig. l;

Fig. 4 is a View similar to Fig. 1, but illustrating a modied construction;

Fig. 5 is a partial View similar to Fig. 4, but showing the sleeve pushed back to permit the hook to swing downwardly;

Fig. 6 is a View similar to Fig. 5, but showing the hook extending downwardly in position for use with the sleeve pushed back to normal position;

Fig. 7 is a view similar to Fig. 1, but illustrating a further modied construction;

Fig. 8 is a View similar to Fig, '7, but with one of the end members removed, and with the hook on the other end member projecting downwardly;

Fig. 9 is a side elevational View of one of the end members with the hook projecting downwardly therefrom; and

Fig. 10 is a bottom plan view of one of the end members with the hook removed.

Referring now in detail to the drawing, I0 designates a package handle embodying the invention. The same comprises a tubular member II which may be made of wood, metal composition, heavy paper cardboard, or any other suitable material.

The tubular member II is formed with a pair of aligned, longitudinal, similar, symmetrically disposed, slots I2. The slots I2 terminate short of the ends of the tubular member I I. Said tubular member is furthermore formed with a recess It on opposite sides of the slot I2, and substantially at the mid portion of said slot. Mount.- ed on the tubular member I I, adjacent the outer ends thereof, are a pair of pivot pins I6 disposed in a plane perpendicular to the plane of the slots I2.

Swingably mounted on the pins I6 are a pair of similar, symmetrically disposed hooks I'I. The hooks I'I may be made of wire, and each comprises a looped portion I8 encircling a pin I6, a shank i9 extending from the loop and a bent back portion 2G extending from the shank. At the outer end of the bent back portion 20, is an enlarged or attened head 2 I The hooks Il are in the planes of the slots I2, and the pivot pins are located adjacent the outer ends of the slots, so that the hooks may be swung downwardly through the slots I2 t0 position for use as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing. The width of the slots I2 is preferably substantially similar to the diameter of the stock of which the hooks are made, so that the hooks will be frictionally engaged by the side surfaces of the Slot.

The recess I 4 serves as a countersink to receive the head 2l of the hook.

When the package handle is not in use, the hooks may be swung inwardly to the position shown in Fig. 1, and the handle may then be placed in a tubular container or carried in the pocket. When it is desired to use the hooks, a finger nail may be inserted into the countersink or recess ill to engage the head 2| for pulling the hook down. The hooks may thus be swung to the position shown in Fig. 2 for use.

In Figs. 4, 5 and 6 there is shown a handle lIIa embodying a modied construction. The handle Illa comprises a tubular member 30 made of any suitable material formed with a pair of aligned, symmetrically disposed slots 3| extending to the outer ends of said tubular member. Mounted on the tubular member 30, adjacent the ends thereof, are a pair of aligned, parallel pivot pins 32 disposed in a plane perpendicular to the plane of the slots 3l.

Pivotally mounted on each pivot pin 32 is a hook Ha, similar to the hook H. The hook lla may be swung downwardly from the position shown in Fig. 4 to the position shown in Fig. 6. Slida-bly mounted on the tubular mernber 30, is a sleeve 35 telescoping with the tube and frictionally retained thereon. The sleeve 35 is formed with short slots 36, registering with the outer ends of the slots 3l. The slots 3| are of suiicient width to receive the heads of the hooks, and the hooks do not therefore frictionally engage the side walls of said slots. Said hooks are retained within the tubular member 30 by a sleeve 35. When it is desired to use the handle, the sleeve 35 is rst pushed to one side a suicient distance to permit one of the hooks to drop to such position as shown in Fig. 6. Thereafter, the sleeve may be pushed in an opposite direction to permit the other hook to drop. The sleeve is thereafter moved into a position co-extensive with the tubular member 3l), and in such position, the hooks lla will extend through the registering slots 3| and 36. The shank portions of the hooks Ila will engage the ends 35a of the slots 36, so that the hooks will :be held at right angles to the tubular member 33 by a sleeve 35.

When the package handle Illa is no longer in use, the action may be reversed to again get the hooks Ila into the tubular member 30, as shown in Fig. 4 of the drawing.

In Figs. 7, 8, 9 and 10 there is shown a package handle, IUb embodying the invention, and illustrating a further modified form of the invention. The handle Ib comprises a tubular member 4D open at both ends. On each end of tubular member 40 are a pair of aligned, diametrically opposed, symmetrical pins 4l, the inner ends whereof project into the bore of said tubular member.

Attached to each end of tubular member 43 by a bayonet connection is a member 43. Member 43 has a head 44 of a diameter similar to the outer diameter of tubular member 40. Extending through the head 44 is a shank 45 adapted to be received within the tubular member All. Member 43 has a central through opening 43. The shank 45 is formed with a pair of bayonet slots 41 to engage with the inner ends of the pins.

Mounted on each member 43 is a transverse pivot pin 48, on which is pivotally mounted a hook 49. Each member 43 is formed with a through slot 5i! through which the hook 49 may pass.

As shown in Fig. 7, the hooks 49 may be swung into the tube 40. When it is desired to use the hooks, the members 43 are first disconnected from the ends of the tubular member 40, the hooks are then swung downwardly, passing through the slots 50. Members 43 are thereafter again reconnected with the ends of the tubular member 4i).

It will thus be seen that there is provided a device in which the several objects of this invention are achieved, and which is well adapted to meet the conditions of practical use.

As various possible embodiments might be made of the above invention, and as various changes might be made in the embodiments above set forth, it is to be understood that all matter herein set forth or shown in the accompanying drawing is to be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Iaving thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

A package handle comprising a tubular member, a pair of parallel pivot pins on the ends of said tubular member, a pair of similar, symmetrically disposed hooks pivoted on said pivot pins, said tubular member being formed with slots aligned with the hooks to permit the hooks to be swung into said tubular member, and a sleeve telescoped on said tubular member to retain the hooks within said tubular member, said sleeve being formed with slots at the ends thereof registering with the slots in the tubular member, the inner ends of the slots on the sleeve being adapted to engage the hooks when the hooks are in position for use, against inward swinging movement.

WILLIAM J. KITCHEN. 

